The Madhya Pradesh Tourism Development Corporation (MPTDC) plans to depute 150 guides to 'Simhast Mela 2016' being organised in Ujjain district, official sources said.
"We are going to depute 150 guides to 'Simhast Mela 2016'. Of them 40 have been trained recently and the rest will be imparted training in a systematic manner," MPTDC Managing Director Ashwini Lohani told reporters here today.
He said that with the help of private participation, a special Simhast package for tourists is being worked out.
Lohani said that intra-state air taxi service would be re-launched in two months, adding that work in this direction is on.
A plan is being tailored to set up 25 special eateries on the national highway passing through Madhya Pradesh with the help of private players, he said.
Tens of thousands of Hindu devotees and tourists drawn from different parts of the globe are expected to turn up at the Simhast Mela next year in Ujjain which houses the famous holy Jyotirlinga.
